BlackBerry Playbook OS updated to v1.0.7.2942

First. Downloading

Damn, I'm not 1st. Screw it, I'm not downloading now

Only 80MB for me.....

"Introduces one small but very important new feature: differential updates. The differential updates feature allows us to update only the sections of the BlackBerry Tablet OS that require updating. This should result in smaller download file sizes and therefore faster updating." - RIM

- Improved Wi-Fi® connectivity to WEP networks

- Faster pairing between a BlackBerry smartphone and BlackBerry PlayBook tablet via the BlackBerry® Bridge™ app, and faster attachment opening via BlackBerry Bridge.

second....(i think)....oh great now for all the haters to come on the site and start the bashing that this update will not have what they are looking for....smh.....here we go again......

downloaded....its a small file 76mb...so dont expect much

Bastards have blocked bridge browser!!!

I waited a whole month just for another 1.0.7.x update?
i am so disappointed!!

better than nothing......

the only reason we get all pissed is because we follow it so closely and know what is coming (android player, etc). If we were just an average consumer these updates would be better received.

Downloading..... only a 73mb update for me, loving this differential updates!

The wireless WEP optimization in itself is an amazing update, that was a huge issue for me. Thanks RIM!

I am resigned to the idea that the promised features will not be coming until October in the 2.0 release but I will be happy if I don't have to reboot my playbook every time I want to use Bridge.

Wonder if this fixes the issues with the Kobo reader. Hate that it intermitently messes up your place in the book when you navigate away from the app

I now get a notification for a Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0.0 update notification but it's not in App World yet. I guess it's just a matter of time now.

Dam it Rim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was hoping you bring back being able to play video and game at the same time without pausing one or the other. Now II have no bragging power showing off my play book .

Here's hoping it fixes Wi-fi on WPA as well. Been struggling all morning with my network dropping every 2 or 3 minutes.

Right on time!

Maybe we'll start seeing more small updates now.
Either way, goooood stuff! :D

yeah nobody is waiting for iOS5

Tried six times - downloads okay, but won't install: 'The software update was interrupted. Please try again'.

well for me its great. Lying in bed i never got a good signal from wifi so i could not use it. bridge was too slow, now wifi is still on poor signal but web pages are flying in. cheers rim

Awesome - Needed Wifi fix URGENTLY!! Thanks RIM!!

Bridge is fine here, not noticeably faster or anything.
Dig the differential update (and their servers must like this better as well...)

A new version of Tetris showed up in App World after applying this update (v 2.2).

this truly is a wicked update, i am over the moon with th wifi improvements!!!!!

Bridge is much faster and less glitchy for me... its update I wanted most until native apps arrive

ROFL- Love the conversations. Everyone here is as OCD as I am. Update worked well. Those of you who lost the bridge uninstall from app world and install OTA. Worked for me.

In app world on pb... categories is no longer an option its already seperated into apps and games... little stuff like this makes me happy ... clicking categories to again click one of 2 choices was stupid waste of time

HELP! After downloading this update I noticed that scrolling through my apps from up and down isn't a fluid as it used to be.... Anyone has this issue? I tried restarting my playbook but in vain. :(

im a bit confused.... this update should bring differential updates rite? but isnt this update itself a differential update~ only 80mb....

Hey guys iam not a tech type of person but can someone please explain what this means:

•Differential Updates: The differential updates feature allows us to
update only the sections of the BlackBerry Tablet OS that require
updating. This should result in smaller download file sizes and
therefore faster updating.

Upgrade went fine. Only downside: the Android player doesn't start anymore, even after a few restarts.

With this update, I am finding my BBM notifications while bridged to my 9800 finally disappear from my PlayBook homescreen once clicked. Anyone else finding this? Coincidence?

Don't know if anybody else noticed but App World get a small face lift.
There is no longer a categories button. It was replaced with an Apps and Games button.
Also, the icons in App World have changed.

App world is back to one colour in the menu. What a disappointment.

its starting to get annoying how we still arn't getting features that we were promised native email and andriod player i understand need alot of developing but we still arn't getting simple features such as a calander that we dont need bridge to use. another thing if rim promised the android player now we wouldnt be so annoyed about these small updates that are mainly enhancements dont get me wrong i love my playbook its taken over the role of my home computer but continually telling us things are coming isnt very good pr for rim

3k email attachments are too large to open .... ok

I cannot open Android Player anymore after this update. Anyone having the same?

Wow, where's all the trashing on how a minor update weights the whole 350MB?
Hahahahahahahahahahahaa I'm laughing at you trolls!!

This is an update I've waited for so long. It fixes a very annoying feature of the system. The android player and that other s**t you complain about can wait :)

Everyone is complaining about the "minor" update. It seems as 3rd party apps that needed WiFi no longer need it. I disconnected my WiFi and tested to see if the Weather app, normal Browser, Blackbird, Crackberry app would work without WiFi, and through the bridge. Is seems as if it does.

Will someone please confirm.

Don't update Bride Browser on your blackberry if you can't d/load the playbook @ the same/near time.

I updated bridge this morning, but can't update my playbook until tonight (work restrictions) and now I can't access BBM on the playbook through bridge (says that "version of BBM does not support BlackBerry Bridge)

- Hopefully once I install the new OS it will fix the problem!!!

Just a note... There has also been a change to the "Browsing" section of the App World... Top menu now has "Apps" and "Games" instead of just "Browse" and THEN having to select Apps or Games... Small change, but a welcome one....

Where is the Android app?

C'mon RIM time to get your sh!t together.

RIMM = $27.79

Dowloaded and everything works as planned. Not 2.0 but its not Christmas either. lol

My PB is the best!

not much the app world menu changed. split apps and games onto the main menu of app world.

its a big update for me! thanks rim. before my bridge is messed up i cant connect my bb for almost 3 months but now its working properly.. very happy

This knocked out my andriod player as well.

The apps working on bridge is monstorous update awesome find!!!!

cool! right after upgrading i got a notification to upgrade facebook native app as well. facebook native app can now be used when paired up with bridge. unfortunately, still no auto spell check or auto capitalization as you can see . :(

This fix works for me.... one of the biggest peeves i had was with email taking long to sync when you retrieving more of the email. it is now work 10 times better. When you scroll down the list of emails and it comes to loading more, it use to take long, now thats faster. if i scroll back to the top, it usually crashes when its loading more from the top, that is now fixed. Overall, this update i needed and happy with. Now on to the big ones.

Love my playbook....

Ok, I just want I'm a hardcore follower and yes I want all the awesome updates promised. However, I want them to be right not rushed. Many of you will say RIM has had long enough but I am a little willing to be patient for my software to rock as much as my hardware as long as when the BIG update rolls it holds up to all the hype. I'm just saying for this update, the two FB icons still exists. Please... I only need one lol. Fix this RIM!

The new bridge features are a MAJOR in my book.

I downloaded the update thir morning, and It works just fine. Everything's great, I don't know why some haters try to make people think differently.
BTW in a completely different topic, this article was published today in Bloomberg.com, about new QNX Smartphones (Release expected Q1 2012) will have the Android player, and will support Android apps.

The link is:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-24/blackberry-said-to-get-android-...

But definitely we'll be having the Android player for our beloved PlayBook.

Best Regards from Mexico city

Here's another article, from Business Insider,
It talks about 'RIM Will Finally Update The PlayBook With Native E-Mail and BBM In September', hopefully this is true, and we'll have it available next month.

http://www.businessinsider.com/rim-adding-e-mail-and-bbm-to-playbook-in-...

Cheers

now apps like fb, blq, even the weather app work via bridge, no wi-fi needed. only app world seems to still need wi-fi. Also, not sure if this is new bu now the "bridge" messages icon get the notification icon whenever you get a new message, never noticed that before now.

Great that apps which require an internet connection work via the blackberry bridge.

At the same time, the Android player is no longer functional, which sucks. Has anyone tried to do a clean install of the Android player with this new update?

With app world, the software updater also needs wi-fi

WOW, even the 7 digital music store app and Amazon Cloud player work with wi-fi turned off now! This is seriously a game changer!

android player stopped loading after update

This update is AWESOOMEEEEEEEEEE!!! I have ATT and now I can use normal browser thru bridge, FB and other apps (without wifi)????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SUCK IT AT&T!!!

GO RIM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where are people finding the android player?

and there is a new version iGizmo that is only available on the android market.

We PlayBook owners has been very patience with RIM, hey it's been more than 3 months since launch for those early adopter like me. Heck what else can we do other than being patience? The next big update are coming and when it does, we still gonna hit the update button aren't we?

Sent from my BB9700, sometimes Iphone4, with love

By far the best tablet on the market!!!! Love you RIM.

i wonder if the update breaking the leaked android player was intentional, if it is, then thats really low :(

pdf attachments now open on bridge! about time

once you go black(berry) you never go back

Personal hotspot via Bridge!!!!!, Cool stuff

Need to be able to read TXT or WRI files come on RIM, simple stuff! I get a report every morning in a TXT file, I can not open it when bridge to email from my BB9700. I ave to go the BB to read it. This is ridiculous!

Awesome update! Congrats to all true believers that kept their PB.
RIM, get the Android update out before the end of the year and you might convince me to come back.

Good update but it didn't seem to fix the Gmail application. The 'standard' view still doesn't work properly, have to keep switching to basic html view. It will definitely be nice when native email shows up. Looking forward to the android app player as well.

how did someone of you get the new features to work with att?

I'm having problems sharing files over wi-fi. Every time I try to access the playbook by the run command in windows, it disconnects from the network. Anyone experiencing this problem??

Hi
My WIFI sharing is not working anymore since the previous update. Still not doing anything. Anybody managed to get this running again?

My BBPB didn't take the os update. Keep receiving error message: software update has been interrupted, try again (2 days now). I do not want to wipe my device again (don't want to lose my HD wildlife video) backing it up do not save the video. Can anyone help?

Thank you for your time!

Great, now the browser is even fucking slower and is even less responsive than before. Not only that, but the Android Player no longer works.

I have four words for you RIM: Fuck off and die.

... This WOULD have been posted using my BBPB but it was too slow/buggy/crappy/unrefined/amateurish to actually load this page.

files in email bridge are way faster. there was a big delay before when I would go to open an excel sheet, now it's pretty much open on click

android player not working